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The parchment is representing the 1600s.
LOVE THE PARCHMENT PAPER HEADING! VERY COOL. FOR EACH OF YOUR TOP TEN FACTS, MAKE SURE YOU EXPLAIN THE HISTORY BEHIND THE FACT AND THEN LINK IT TO THE CONTENT OF THE PLAY. SO IF YOU SAY WHAT GONZALO WAS WEARING, WHERE IN THE PLAY DOES HE MENTION HIS CLOTHING?
1. Clothing of a Nobleman
  • most nobleman's shirts were worn beneath a doublet
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A nobleman wearing a doublet

  • breeches
  • stocks or Hose
  • underwear was optional in the Renaissance
  • noblemen can opt for anything from boots (generally worn up to the knee, some were cuffed) to flat
  • all men wore hatsGonzalo speaks of his clothing and others' clothing in Act 2, Scene 1.

2. Food for the Rich

  • in the early 17th century people began eating with forks for the first time
  • new foods were introduced into England (for the rich)
    • bananas and pineapples
    • tea and coffee
    • ice cream
In Act 3, Scene 3, Gonzalo is presented with a rich feast.

3. Pastimes
  • cards
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    Shuttlecock/badmitten
  • tennis
  • shuttlecock (badmitten)
  • chess
  • draughts
  • backgammon
  • fox and goose

4. Education
  • petty school
  • boys went to grammar schoolGonzalo was a very wise and very educated nobleman.
5. Transportation
  • royal posts were exclusively used to carry the kings correspondence
  • stagecoaches
  • turnpike roads
  • sedan chairs
The rich, including Gonzalo, were accustomed to certain luxuries (boats and other forms of transportation).

6. Proverbs

  • a word that can substitute for a verb or verb phraseGonzalo uses a proverb about dying at sea versus dying by being hung in Act 1, Scene 1.


8. Household
  • servants
  • many houses in different places
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Large houses were customary to a nobleman

9. Feudalism
  • contract or agreement
  • two parts
    • fealty
    • homage
  • pledged their allegiance as vassals to the King
  • exchange for the grant of landGonzalo is tied to the king, Alonso, most likely because of a feudalism contract for land.
10. Duties
  • protect the peasants and the Church from enemies
  • powerful military leaders
  • serving as judges in their own courts
Gonzalo was wise and a responsible man, always trying to help everyone. That is similar to the
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